Place: Ratings & Reviews

Reviews by slander:

Phil’s doing one night having escaped Mug’s intact to come here, wherever here is. I believe Bedford ended right back there (pointing) and this is now Nassau, corridor to Greenpoint points north. He wanted to come here, show off something he knew about, you knoooow. I think he ate a chicken, I don’t recall but I think I do recall that. And now some months later, big Jonny W’s en route for brunch with some of the unusual suspects, I’m just a beer ahead of the (beer is not a) game...

Interesting place to navigate, it twists and turns. And the décor is a mishmash of Irish bar, maybe. Dark wall of blackboard to the left over wood slat lowers, black as well. The tap list is printed here sorted by style, and specialty cocktails, shots, daily specials and summer drinks, as well. Brewing scene wallpaper to the right behind the bar, and brick & wood to the rear. Forward of the bar, the front windows open over Nassau, but you ought not enter through them (Like some douche bag just did). Lino slate looking floor, and a pressed tin ceiling & crown molding, with matching stainless steel ductwork.

Some barrels with light Irishings hugging pillars in a row down the center of the room. Light lanterns adorn mounted, filament glowing single drop bulb lighting tracing the bar tracing and over the adjacent seating, and track spots on the blackboard wall and to the barback. A ½ dozen 2-seat square and roundy tables up front, 3 baby hightops around the bend, and 2 cut tree tables adjacent to the bar; jagged and beautiful and varnished a glossy wetness.

The phat wood topped bar is somewhat telephonish in shape; long with angles on the ends, with a wood plank base and a foot box. Seating for a dozen and a half on backed chairs. Barback is tiered booze on center over stacked glassware boxed aglow, and cooler space below. A shelf above holds specialty booze and Local 1 & 2 bottles, and another shelf ceilingside displays the macros I didn’t come here to drink. ‘New on tap’ and food item boards alongside the barback. Flatscreens to both sides and further down, and mounted to the rear. I suspect lots of soccer is watched on them.

A small back room holds 5 mismatched tables, and a fireplace with large candles a-burnin’. Darts, flatscreens, and a mounted shelf displaying pieces of play; bottles, candles and the like. And through to a tight backyard space, a dozen mismatched tables there with a street scene mural.

A pair of handpumps, too; currently the Brooklyn Brown Ale & Sly Fox Country Bitter pouring. And 20 bottles & cans of mostly macro and meh, 1 of which is Rodenbach playing in a bad bottle/can neighborhood.

We’re brunchin’, although tight on time to go watch Bennis (Ben playing tennis). I had the house grind burger (short rib & brisket beef), with cheddar and bacon, and sweet (king of all) fries. It was pretty goddamn excellent. I also took a hit (or two) off of Annie’s fried green tomato BLT, with tomatillo aioli on toasted sourdough. It did not suck.

Solid tap list (in contrast with an oddly not so bottle/can collection) and that brewery of the month beers on the cheap thing works just fine for me. And foodwise, what I had on brunch was quite tasty. Good comfortable house. Oh Phil’s going to be impossible now.

Went by on 01/10/14. Really cool spot, cheap beers ($6 any pint of K&L beers), other beers on tap and pull bar. Didn't eat, beers were above average. TV's on for the football games, would def stop back in.

This place was a typical bar from an atmosphere perspective and decor-wise, though it did have a really cool wall made out of old beer cans. There was a small outside patio in the back which would probably be really nice if it was a little warmer.

The beers were served in pint glasses only - they did not seem to use any other types of glassware during out visit. Beers were served at the proper temperature and with a decent head.

The service at this place was OK - not super fast even though it was not busy and the server did not seem to have any real knowledge of the beers other than which ones were new. The server was friendly and pleasant.

The place did not have a huge selection but there were a couple of interesting choices in each of the styles they categorized the menu by... though I would say they only had about 10 different styles represented and it was slightly heavy on the IPA/DIPA/APA/Black IPA. I found a couple of interesting beers, at least one of them a pretty new offering.

We went to this place for brunch and while they did not have an extensive menu, the items that were ordered were pretty good. I had a short rib hash with eggs and some chicken fingers - both were good but not out of this world. I would definitely go back here again.

From a price perspective the prices on the beers seemed quite reasonable while I felt the brunch prices were a little high (though I have a slightly different perspective after leaving the NYC area for NC - an example, the biscuits + gravy were $12 here while they are $2.75 in NC). It did not seem out of line with other places in the neighborhood.

Vibe: The place has a bar on the right side when you walk in, tables in the front and along the left wall. It opens up to a larger seating area in the back that is adjacent to an outdoor patio. The wall on the left is entirely covered with beer cans from the 1970s.

Quality: Beers were served at the proper temperatures in pint glasses.

Service: I went early on a Saturday afternoon and they had two waitresses and one bartender working. It wasn't crowded so service came quick.

Selection: The place had about 30 beers on-tap and 50 beers in bottles. Some of these were BMCs but the vast majority were craft beers.

Food: I tried the short rib hash with eggs for brunch and it was rather tasty and filling.